Global Advocates #2: Vera Rodriguez on Therapy, LGBTQ+ Youth, Children in Guatemala and More

This is a special episode where we get close and personal about our experiences. One of my best friends Gerard Ortiga and I (Marc) discuss many questions around being queer, intersectionality, realising you are trans, etc. We also talk about how lack of queer representation can affect your normal development as a child, we offer an insight into queer ecology and its healing potential, we discuss queer trauma, joy... Dating apps, digital relationships and the artificial phenomenon of "coming out", the "promiscuity" stereotype pushed on gay men, and much more!Before we give it all away, give this podcast episode a listen!This "Global Advocates" series of the ChildRightsChat will be all about social justice and children’s rights, with a special highlight on LGBTQ+ rights and the climate crisis. 🏳️‍🌈🌎

With Aotearoa Liberation League: Samah Sege (she/her) and Chris Huriwai (he/him)Please check out and support their work: www.all.org.nz/Aotearoa Liberation League defines itself as decolonial justice initiative. They talk to me about intersectional social justice, animal liberation and rights from a decolonial perspective, the decolonise movement in Aotearoa, prison abolition, and much more! Please give this episode a listen and share it!Their values: - An empowered and well-informed population of kaitiaki committed to the protection of our most vulnerable individuals and their sources of life. - Practice nonviolence in our thoughts and actions towards all living beings - Honour Te Tiriti o WaitangiTheir mission: - Acknowledge the historic and ongoing harms of colonialism - To liberate humans from the industry-driven food myths that compel us to harm our bodies, our whenua, and millions of nonhuman animals. - Uplift and prioritise the voices of marginalised communitiesThis "Global Advocates" series of the ChildRightsChat will be all about social justice and children’s rights, with a special highlight on LGBTQ+ rights and the climate crisis. 🏳️‍🌈🌎

Please check out their work and support them by giving a one-off or regular donation: www.solidarywheels.orgMar Soriano Marfà (she/her) is a lawyer from Barcelona. She studied Law and Global Governance and specialised in migration, a field she continues to work in today. She has also contributed her knowledge and great practice in other social justice movements such as homelessness and climate refugee studies. She currently works with Solidary Wheels.This podcast series of the ChildRightsChat will be all about social justice and children’s rights, with a special highlight on LGBTQ+ rights and the climate crisis. 🏳️‍🌈🌎

LINK TO THE FUNDRAISER (and to read about the project) https://linktr.ee/centronutricionalintegral (Please donate and/or share!)Vera Rodriguez (she/her) is a clinical psychologist and certified plant-based nutritionist based in Guatemala City. She is also an advocate for the rights of children and youth in her country and is currently working on a project to support them (see link above).In this episode, we have a conversation about therapy, gender, LGBTQ+ children, the human rights of the young in Guatemala and much more!Professionally, Vera offers in-person and online therapy, nutritional counseling and workshops, and conferences in the area of psychology and holistic health.Follow Vera here: instagram.com/vr_healthandwellness

Nivi Wille is an indigenous Inuk advocate who works as a holistic psychologist helping heal generational trauma from colonisation and the ongoing state of coloniality in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).Give this episode a listen if you want to learn about Inuit culture and the effects of a colonisation often not talked about, through the lens of a psychologist who is also a direct victim of the colonial system.This podcast series of the ChildRightsChat will be all about social justice and children’s rights, with a special highlight on LGBTQ+ rights and the climate crisis. 🏳️‍🌈🌎